Automated chest-radiography as a triage for Xpert testing in resource-constrained settings: A prospective study of diagnostic accuracy and costs

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Philipsen, R H H M ^a   Sanchez C I ^a   Maduskar, P ^a   Melendez, J ^a   Peters Bax, L ^a   Peter, J G ^b   Dawson, R ^b   Theron, G ^b   Dheda, K ^b   Van Ginneken, B ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Lung Infection and Immunity Unit and Centre for Tuberculosis Research Innovation Division of Pulmonology Department of Medicine   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUTOMATED PATTERN RECOGNITION; ECONOMICS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MACHINE LEARNING; MALE; MOLECULAR DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES; NETHERLANDS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, AUTOMATED; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRIAGE; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EID: 84938261223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep12215     Document Type: Article

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